Survey Results

Correlations

Philosophical progress: a lot

Note: For philosophical questions with only two main suggested answers, only one answer (randomly selected) can be looked up for correlations.

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.47
Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 398 72
Reject 200 316
n: 986
p < 0.0001
r: -0.43
Philosophical knowledge: a little
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 69 401
Reject 283 233
n: 986
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 159 135
Reject 106 192
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Morality: constructivism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 69 359
Reject 132 348
n: 908
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 273 98
Reject 266 181
n: 818
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 344 95
Reject 307 167
n: 913
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Spacetime: relationism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 110 161
Reject 154 124
n: 549
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 74 220
Reject 104 192
n: 590
p: 0.0003
r: -0.14
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 74 315
Reject 121 295
n: 805
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Metaontology: anti-realism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 25 268
Reject 51 245
n: 589
p: 0.0011
r: -0.13
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 122 285
Reject 188 252
n: 847
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 447 233
Reject 464 382
n: 1526
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Propositional attitudes: representational
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 197 147
Reject 165 182
n: 691
p: 0.0062
r: 0.1
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 133 256
Reject 95 307
n: 791
p: 0.0038
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 128 265
Reject 97 339
n: 829
p: 0.0044
r: -0.1
Other minds: adult humans
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 449 8
Reject 529 3
n: 989
p: 0.0019
r: 0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 97 251
Reject 69 298
n: 715
p: 0.0085
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 117 185
Reject 95 211
n: 608
p: 0.0153
r: -0.1
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 7 330
Reject 17 322
n: 676
p: 0.0127
r: 0.1
Other minds: future AI systems
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 204 253
Reject 202 330
n: 989
p: 0.0028
r: 0.09
A priori knowledge: yes
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 576 129
Reject 631 210
n: 1546
p: 0.0002
r: -0.09
Justification: coherentism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 85 302
Reject 126 279
n: 792
p: 0.0079
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 398 282
Reject 413 433
n: 1526
p: 0.0002
r: -0.09
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 227 420
Reject 357 416
n: 1420
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 304 276
Reject 433 263
n: 1276
p: 0.0013
r: -0.09
God: theism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 111 588
Reject 196 647
n: 1542
p: 0.0004
r: 0.09
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 359 322
Reject 343 466
n: 1490
p: 0.0007
r: 0.09
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 188 389
Reject 175 521
n: 1273
p: 0.0017
r: 0.09
Theory of reference: causal
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 211 160
Reject 185 182
n: 738
p: 0.0184
r: 0.09
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 205 197
Reject 182 262
n: 846
p: 0.012
r: 0.08
Trolley problem: switch
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 514 134
Reject 547 196
n: 1391
p: 0.0019
r: 0.08
Immortality: yes
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 248 218
Reject 232 283
n: 981
p: 0.0095
r: -0.08
External world: idealism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 36 673
Reject 73 769
n: 1551
p: 0.0012
r: -0.08
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 54 324
Reject 82 328
n: 788
p: 0.0219
r: 0.08
Possible worlds: abstract
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 289 168
Reject 267 219
n: 943
p: 0.0123
r: 0.08
Morality: non-naturalism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 145 283
Reject 116 361
n: 905
p: 0.0144
r: 0.08
Normative concepts: value
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 160 179
Reject 142 224
n: 705
p: 0.0312
r: 0.08
Abortion: permissible
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 424 57
Reject 438 102
n: 1021
p: 0.0097
r: 0.08
Other minds: fish
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 321 136
Reject 354 178
n: 989
p: 0.0118
r: 0.08
Causation: primitive
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 85 282
Reject 93 305
n: 765
p: 0.029
r: 0.08
Science: scientific realism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 555 114
Reject 614 182
n: 1465
p: 0.0027
r: 0.08
External world: non-skeptical realism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 623 85
Reject 710 130
n: 1548
p: 0.0021
r: -0.08
External world: skepticism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 34 675
Reject 56 784
n: 1549
p: 0.0022
r: -0.08
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 23 470
Reject 40 545
n: 1078
p: 0.0109
r: 0.08
Other minds: flies
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 169 288
Reject 190 342
n: 989
p: 0.0158
r: -0.07
Normative concepts: reasons
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 88 250
Reject 110 256
n: 704
p: 0.047
r: -0.07
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 58 291
Reject 79 291
n: 719
p: 0.0473
r: 0.07
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 155 537
Reject 150 693
n: 1535
p: 0.0038
r: 0.07
Mind: physicalism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 421 254
Reject 443 356
n: 1474
p: 0.0052
r: 0.07
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 72 316
Reject 46 362
n: 796
p: 0.0498
r: 0.07
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 480 197
Reject 526 295
n: 1498
p: 0.0072
r: -0.07
Moral motivation: internalism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 241 308
Reject 306 356
n: 1211
p: 0.016
r: 0.07
Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 292 331
Reject 303 445
n: 1371
p: 0.0123
r: 0.07
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 256 393
Reject 246 525
n: 1420
p: 0.0126
r: 0.06
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 251 248
Reject 251 338
n: 1088
p: 0.0324
r: 0.06
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 444 236
Reject 532 314
n: 1526
p: 0.0114
r: 0.06
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 521 154
Reject 554 219
n: 1448
p: 0.0172
r: -0.06
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 73 424
Reject 117 468
n: 1082
p: 0.0405
r: -0.06
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 204 454
Reject 290 506
n: 1454
p: 0.0215
r: -0.05
Gender: biological
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 186 413
Reject 260 501
n: 1360
p: 0.0436
r: 0.05
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Philosophical progress: a lot Accept Reject
Accept 349 331
Reject 386 460
n: 1526
p: 0.033

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.13
Tradition: Analytic
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 650 63
Reject 698 170
n: 1581
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Lewis
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 74 441
Reject 41 622
n: 1178
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Socrates
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 7 508
Reject 35 628
n: 1178
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Tradition: Continental
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 20 693
Reject 70 798
n: 1581
p < 0.0001
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Russell
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 47 468
Reject 31 632
n: 1178
p: 0.0028
r: -0.09
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 19 700
Reject 55 827
n: 1601
p: 0.0005
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Husserl
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 5 510
Reject 22 641
n: 1178
p: 0.0042
r: -0.08
Tradition: Other tradition
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 43 670
Reject 100 768
n: 1581
p: 0.0012
r: -0.08
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 10 709
Reject 37 845
n: 1601
p: 0.0013
r: -0.08
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 19 700
Reject 62 820
n: 1601
p: 0.0018
r: 0.07
AOS: Epistemology
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 199 520
Reject 187 695
n: 1601
p: 0.0042
r: -0.07
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 25 694
Reject 61 821
n: 1601
p: 0.0043
r: 0.07
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 80 639
Reject 62 820
n: 1601
p: 0.0047
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 34 481
Reject 65 598
n: 1178
p: 0.0156
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Moore
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 25 490
Reject 14 649
n: 1178
p: 0.0204
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Frege
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 49 466
Reject 40 623
n: 1178
p: 0.0234
r: 0.07
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 112 607
Reject 95 787
n: 1601
p: 0.009
r: 0.06
Gender: male
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 597 126
Reject 672 205
n: 1600
p: 0.0128
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 20 699
Reject 41 841
n: 1601
p: 0.0147
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Parfit
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 26 489
Reject 19 644
n: 1178
p: 0.0381
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 50 669
Reject 87 795
n: 1601
p: 0.0182
r: -0.06
Gender: female
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 124 599
Reject 201 676
n: 1600
p: 0.019
r: 0.06
Philosopher: ramsey
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 5 510
Reject 1 662
n: 1178
p: 0.048
r: 0.05
Other demographics: YOB
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 337 332
Reject 379 453
n: 1501
p: 0.0348
r: -0.05
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Philosophical progress: a lot Yes No
Accept 52 667
Reject 100 782
n: 1601
p: 0.0316